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Lisa

You rock my face off!

About Me

I'm a 26-year-old grad student at Wheaton in Biblical interpretation, who thinks she wants to translate the Bible in another language eventually (we shall see). Grew up in Enid, OK, and then Dayton, WA. A good title for my autobiography would be, "Descent into nerdery."
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My Interests

Ultimate frisbee, softball, scenery, coffee, music, waxing philosophical, hiking, adventure in general, climbing on things

I'd like to meet:

Amy Carmichael Bono John Piper (well, I have once, but just briefly) Derek Webb Hmmm...who else

Music:

Derek Webb, Indelible Grace, Leeland, U2, Irish or folk or bluegrass in general, Coldplay, that "You drive me crazy" song, Matt Kearney, a little John Mayer, Nickel Creek, Rachel Ries, Anais Mithchell, Over the Rhine, The Weepies, Jars of Clay Redemption Songs, Caedmon's Call, Lost and Found, Third Day (in no particular order)

Movies:

Pirates I, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hero, Spiderman 2, So I married an axe murderer, Waking Ned Devine, Ocean's 11, Tommy Boy, Monty Python, Princess Bride, Gates of Splendor, Condorman, You've Got Mail, Pride & Prejudice (the old one, but I like the new soundtrack), 1st three Star Wars movies (the old ones), Donnie Darko (not all recommended mind you, but some of the above do have redemptive analogies, and seem to have the burst of sight into the next dimension for me, some are just funny)

Television:

Blech

Books:

Desiring God, The Life of God in the Soul of Man, the Sacred Romance, A Godward Life, Till We Have Faces, The Great Divorce, The Blue Castle, The Lord of the Rings books, The Chronicles of Narnia (not read all yet), Phantastes, Mere Christianity, Baur Danker Arndt & Gingrich, The Temple and the Church's Mission

Heroes:

John Piper, Amy Carmichael, William Carey, David Sitton, Andrea Hoglund, these two old ladies that died when their jeep went over a cliff in Cameroon, Natalie Dyck

My Blog

Full spectrum light

My roommate Elizabeth and I were discussing the other day the possibility of getting a full-spectrum light for the living room. I'm thinking the bulb, not the $189 lamp! Apparently, people use them fo...
Posted by Lisa on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:10:00 PST

Rowan trees and psalm 74

I was reading Psalm 74 today, and it really hit me in a different way then ever before. It's probably because I've been plowing through the Lord of the Ringstrilogy--probably swiftly becoming a holida...
Posted by Lisa on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:25:00 PST

A thought-provoking article

I got a very interesting and article to read from a friend. I'm blogging my response, because I think the problem of evil (i.e., How could a good God allow evil or send people to hell) is important, a...
Posted by Lisa on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:02:00 PST

First blog

Creative title, I know. I thought about "Life is pain, highness, and anyone who says differently is selling something." But that's really long and only marginally relates.Here are some random thoughts...
Posted by Lisa on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:05:00 PST